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What happened to Unity Bank North?
Unity Bank North in Red Lake Falls, MN (earlier called Red Lake County State Bank) merged into Unity Bank of Augusta, WI on Feb 22, 2019. Unity Bank is open today.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1929Red Lake County State Bank opens in Red Lake Falls, MN
- Jun 1, 2005renamed Unity Bank North
- Feb 22, 2019MERGEDUnity Bank North merged into Unity Bank of Augusta, WI.FDIC certificate 8202 ends; its business continues under certificate 8714.
- TodayOPEN
Unity BankMain office Augusta, WI · FDIC certificate 8714 · 13 offices in 3 states on June 30, 2026Every Unity Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.unitybanking.com
If you still have something from Unity Bank North
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Unity Bank North as lienholder, start with Unity Bank. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Unity Bank to search for the account under the name Unity Bank North. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Unity Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Unity Bank North office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
4 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 210 Main Ave SRed Lake Falls, MN | OpenUnity Bank |
| 47 County Road 113 NMentor, MN | OpenUnity Bank |
| 106 Main Avenue SouthRed Lake Falls, MN | No longer reported |
| Third and Main StreetsRed Lake Falls, MN | No longer reported |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 8202 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.